Either drought or plenty : water development and management in New South Wales
Lloyd, C. J.1988
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This book documents the often controversial development of water policy and administration in New South Wales. This includes the origins of water usage from the ingenious hydraulic systems of the Aborigines to the discovery by the First Fleet in 1788.
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Imprint:
Sydney Department of Water Resources 1988
Collation:
311 pages : black and white photographs
Contents:
Aboriginal water quest; In the valley of the tank stream; the regime of the Rivers; Tanks, dams and wells; Water into gold; River highways; Death tracks; Liquid gold; Muddy waters; Town water; Channels of God; Irrigation water; Growing up; The MIA a new province; Poet and pheasant an interlude; Water industry; 1910-45; A reservoir of snow; A mature water economy?
ISBN:
0864172044 (hbk)
Dewey class:
333.911
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
10348
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research | History Support Collection | 333.911 EIT | Available |